EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY Course Syllabus Course Title Women in Korean History Course Schedule Please see course website Instructor’s Names Theodore Jun Yoo Telephone Please use my email address E-mail Address Please note that all email correspondence must have "WKH" in the subject listing and be signed with the name you used for registration. To communicate most effectively, please include specific questions you have about an assignment, lecture, or other topics you may want to address. jun.yoojun@gmail.com Alternate Contact Info Availability Course Location/Times Web Access to Class yoojun@hawaii.edu Because of the time difference we will be having separate “virtual office hours.” I will be normally online on M-F noon-5pm (except Tuesday and Thursdays) and on weekends 8 AM- 4PM (Korea Standard Time, UTC+9). If you need to contact me, please send me a message via email, and I will respond as soon as possible, within 48 hours. For emergencies, please send me an email. Online/Asynchronous Ewha Global Online http://global.ewha.ac.kr Students are required to use Internet Explorer 7 or higher as their primary web browser. Welcome! Aloha and Annyŏnghaseyo! Greetings from Honolulu! I am really excited about teaching this online course for the third time! I have met some very interesting people. A couple of my former students at Ewha will be attending graduate school this fall semester while others have found employment in companies, banks, etc. As I get older, it’s always gratifying to get email updates from my students! To break the ice, I’ll give you a little background about myself. I was raised and educated in Ethiopia. Although my father was one of the first plastic surgeons in South Korea, he decided to go to Africa as a humanitarian doctor. He was inspired by Dr. Albert Schweitzer’s humanitarian work and dragged my poor mother, who thought she was getting married to wealthy doctor to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during in 1975. My sister was five years old and I was only three. Ethiopia was one of the poorest countries in the world at that time and we arrived during the bloodiest years of the “Red Terror.” Although I live in Hawaii and spend a lot of my time in Korea, I still think of Ethiopia as my kohyang (my home). Many of you might not know this, but during the Korean civil war (1945-1953), Emperor Haile Selassie committed more than 3,000 combat troops as part of the United Nation Forces. The Kagnew Battalion fought together with Syllabus Page 1 [Course#] EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY the American 7th Infantry Division. My father offered free health services to Ethiopian war veterans during his 30-years stint in Ethiopia. Between 1974 and 1984, a communist military junta under Mengistu Haile Marium took power and ran the country with an iron fist. For more than a decade, 3,000 North Korean cadres came to Ethiopia and ran a wide range of civil assistance programs. If you go to Addis Ababa today, you will notice that a lot of the statues and modern buildings (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3638281) are similar to those in P’yŏngyang! After spending my formative years in Ethiopia, a bloody civil war forced my parents to send my sister and I abroad to the United States. I ended up in California and had a pretty hard time adjusting to the rigors of college. After surviving “academic probation” (my GPA was 0.00 for two semesters!) and changing my major numerous times (I failed Organic Chemistry, Econometrics, etc.), I fell in love with history and graduated from UC Riverside in five years (I still have nightmares of being told by my academic counselor that I still lack 3credits to graduate!). The one thing I love about this country is that unlike Korea where you have pretty much have one chance to get into college, you can be a “late bloomer” like myself and do something with your life! I decided to go to graduate school and ended up earning my doctorate at the University of Chicago. I was lucky to have an opportunity to study with Professor Bruce Cumings. His book (Korea’s Place in the Sun) is one of the required readings for this course. I am currently working on a new book project that looks at the history of madness in Korea. I am looking at how madness became “medicalized” in the 1920s under Japanese colonial rule. You will be reading my first monograph on women in colonial Korea and we will discuss the challenges of doing “gender” studies in Korea. The discipline of history is still very conservative and trying to include women’s history as an integrated part of the general narrative is a challenge. I would like to also emphasize that knowledge is never a one-way exchange. I look forward to learning with you and exploring various topics on women and Korean history. Below you will find information to help you get started. This course should be a lot of fun. I ask that you approach the materials with an open mind and share your opinions on what can be controversial topics. I really look forward to getting to know you all! Course Description: This course explores the experiences, consciousness and representations of women Korea at home and abroad from premodern times to the present. The issues and debates surrounding mainstream historiography have centered largely around male-centered narratives and perspectives. The inclusion of women into the dominant historical narrative, however, has been far more modest. Throughout, we will question this lacunae, and revisit particular historical events, episodes, and ruptures from the perspective of women. Major themes include traditional views of women, religion, patriarchy, sexuality, imperialism, modernity, war, globalization, as well as the diaspora of Korean women. Because this is an on-line class, we will not meet as a group, but rather as our geographical locations and personal daily schedules allow (asynchronous meeting). This kind of flexibility will give you all plenty of time to plan your weekly schedule as needed to prepare for and meet the various deadlines. I will be posting a lot of supplemental material to help you understand the lecture and readings. This material may include PowerPoint presentations, youtube clips, handouts, and links to websites and articles. These resources will help you understand the material, however they are NOT a substitute for reading the assigned chapters in the required textbook (Korea’s Place in the Sun). Syllabus Page 2 [Course#] EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY Course Objectives/Expected Outcomes: The specific objectives of the course include: 1. To sensitize students to the position of women in Korean society. 2. To recognize the durability and persistence of forms of gender and sexual inequality. 3. To understand the intersectionality of class, gender, race and sexuality. 4. To understand how issues of class, race and nation shaped people’s lives and how gender differentiates historical experiences. 5. To recognize “gender relations” as a laborious process that requires interaction with special formations of power, of institutions, practices and discourses that establish, and regulate its shape and meaning. 6. Proficiency in working with and interpreting primary sources. 7. Demonstration of critical thinking, instead of accepting, socially constructed realities. 8. Ability to make a clear argument and develop it using historical method(s). 9. Ability to write expository prose and communicate effectively orally. 10. Ability to use a web-based asynchronous discussion board to advance your learning through both formal postings and informal discussion. The expected outcomes of this course include: 1. Have developed a critical understanding of gender as a major category of historical analysis. 2. Identify the influence of gender on women’s lived realities: in the workplace, the home, within educational institutions, gendered media images, within the political sphere, and religious institutions. 3. Give informative oral and written presentations on gender issues. 4. Appreciation for the importance of women's history. Accommodation of Disabilities: If you are a student with a disability and require accommodation for this class, please email me privately to discuss your specific needs. I will be happy to work with you and try to meet your access needs related to your documented disability. Late notification may cause the requested accommodation to be unavailable. Required Readings: Bruce Cumings. Korea’s Place in the Sun (Main Textbook) New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. http://www.amazon.com/Koreas-Place-Sun-HistoryUpdated/dp/0393327027/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256012812&sr=8-1 For those of you might find the English text challenging, I highly recommend that you purchase the translation: 브루스 커밍스. 한국현대사, translated by 김동노.서울: 창작과비평사, 2008. http://www.kyobobook.co.kr/product/detailViewKor.laf?ejkGb=KOR&mallGb=KOR&ba rcode=9788936482190&orderClick=LIC&orderClick=LIB DIGITAL MAP & TIMELINE Syllabus Page 3 [Course#] EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY http://www.ecai.org/Area/AreaTeamExamples/Korea/KoreaHistoryAnimation.html MY BLOG (for the latest news on Korean culture/history) http://koreaandtheworld.blogspot.com/ All other required readings will be posted online. Disclaimer: Reading assignments may be changed during the course of the semester. It is your responsibility to keep up with the changes announced online. Readings are to be completed by the day of the class session noted. Also be mindful that there are many assignments and exercises based on the readings, and each builds on the previous. You are urged for this class to bring yourselves up to date on current issues on Korea by reading newspapers, magazines, and other news sources. No prior background will be assumed or expected. Suggested Readings: Cho, Haejong. “Korean Women and their Experience in the Traditional World.” In Korean Women and Culture. Edited by Research Institute of Asian Women. Seoul: Sookmyung Women’s University Press, 1998: 25-51. Choi, Hyae-weol. “Women’s Literacy and New Womanhood in Late Chosŏn Korea.” Asian Journal of Women’s Studies 6 no. 1 (March 2003): 88-115. Deuchler, Martina. The Confucian Transformation of Korea: A Study of Society and Ideology. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992. Haboush, JaHyun Kim. “The Confucianization of Korean Society.” In The Confucian Heritage and its Modern Adaptations. Edited by Gilbert Rozman. Princeton University Press, 1991: 84110. ---------------. The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyŏng: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century Korea. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1996. Janelli, Roger L. and Dawnhee Yim Janelli. Ancestor Worship and Korean Society. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1982. Kendall, Laurel. Getting Married in Korea: Of Gender, Morality, and Modernity. Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1996. ---------------. Shamans, Housewives, and other Restless Spirits: Women in Korean Ritual Life. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1985. Kim, Yung-Chung, ed. Women and Korea: A History from Ancient Times to 1945. Seoul: Ewha Womans University Press, 1976. Lee, Hyo-chae. “Protestant Missionary Work and Enlightenment of Korean Women.” Korea Journal 17, no. 11 (November 1977): 33-50. Pak, Jihang. “Trailblazers in a Traditional World: Korea’s First Women College Graduates, 1910-1945.” Social Science History 14:4 (Winter 1990): 533-558. Yoo, Theodore. The Politics of Gender in Colonial Korea: Education, Labor, and Health. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2008. Yoshiaki, Yoshimi.Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military during World War II. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. Syllabus Page 4 [Course#] EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY For a more detailed bibliography on Korean women see: http://hawaii.edu/korea/biblio/women.html Course Requirements and Expectations: This on-line course follows a standard 15-week semester. As such, course content is delivered in 14 lessons—with 1 lesson each week + a midterm and final exam. Be prepared to dedicate time to this class each day. Because this is an online course, there will be considerable reading and writing. You will be expected to read all the assigned texts, to take an active part in weekly online discussions, submitting short assignments, preparing weekly reflections and group presentations, and to take a midterm as well as a final examination at the designated times. Expectations for performance in fully online courses are the same as for traditional courses; in fact, fully online courses require a degree of self-motivation, self-discipline, and technology skills that can make them more demanding for some students. If you cannot make a daily commitment to this class, you will not receive a passing grade. As a general guideline, you should finish the readings by Monday, allowing you plenty of time to complete the required weekly activities. Be mindful that the quality of our sessions will depend upon your preparedness and willingness to engage with each other. . If you cannot make a daily commitment to this class, you will not receive a passing grade and I highly recommend that you DROP the course now and get your refund. All assignments should be submitted in the designated discussion board. Please submit assignments in the following formats whenever possible: "doc" (Word Document) "rtf" (text file) "txt" (text file) "pdf" (portable document file) "html" (hypertext) "ppt" (PowerPoint file) “jpg” (image file) GRADING WILL BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING: Weekly Discussion, Attendance, & Participation (20 points). Online discussions are vital to your success in this course! Please keep in mind that online discussions have been designed to help you prepare for the examinations and will provide you with the opportunity to ask questions about the lectures and readings. You will be expected to participate actively in all online classroom activities, to be courteous and respectful to others, and to be supportive of one other. In this forum, intimidating remarks, personal attacks, particularly of sexist, racist, or homophobic natures, will not be tolerated. Learning is a partnership between you, your fellow classmates, and your instructor. Failure to do will result in a failure to complete this course successfully. Weekly discussion prompts will be up Day 1* of each week. Please post your initial reaction by Day 4. There are 14 weeks in which there will be a weekly discussion topic that asks each student to respond and post on the message board.. Points will be awarded for significant Syllabus Page 5 [Course#] EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY contributions to the group's learning experience (e.g., a question, an observation, or a comment that stimulates a worthwhile discussion, illustrates a point with examples, or suggests a new perspective on an issue; a synopsis of a resource which increases the group's knowledge of the topic under consideration; an account of a research experience which contributes to the group's understanding of the historiographical process of discovery, analysis, interpretation, and communication). As such no make-ups are allowed for weekly discussion posts. ATTENDANCE POLICY----WARNING: I am very strict with attendance/participation. If there are special circumstances, you must contact me in advance to waive such penalties: TWO absences (i.e., if you fail to post two daily responses) = I will deduct 10 points from your final grade THREE absences = I will deduct 20 points from your final grade FOUR absences = I will deduct 50 points from your final grade. It is advised you withdraw from the class if you have not participated in FOUR daily discussions prior to the midterm exam. Important Note on Using Internet Sources: Students should be aware of the vast quantities of misleading and historically inaccurate information that is available on the Internet. Use of non-scholarly sources will be reflected in your final grade. Only Internet sources that are published in print form elsewhere (i.e. scholarly journal articles) should be used for historical research. Written Assignments (Deliverables) (14 @ total 20 points): Students will be required to complete fourteen assignments (2 pages each, Times Roman 12 font) and must be submitted by the due date. Beyond summarizing the author’s argument or the content of a film clip, you should also explain why the author’s argument or film is (or isn’t) compelling. You might call into question a particular point that is intriguing, or troubling. You can also discuss how the text raises, or ignores, larger questions about, for example, knowledge, power, or identity. These reviews are not intended as summaries; they are exercises in critical thinking and an opportunity for students to digest and synthesize course material -- to formulate questions, suggest alternative interpretations, and shape our discussions. You can also highlight some important points made by your fellow classmates in the forum and tie it to the readings. Out-of class Events (5 points): Students must attend or evaluate an approved out-of-class event or screen a film. All events and films must be approved by us in advance. All evaluations must be submitted by the end of the semester. A list of films and events will also be posted online. Mid-term exam (20 points): There will be a midterm examination covering material presented in class and assigned readings. The exam will consist of multiple choice/short answer questions and two topical essay questions. Syllabus Page 6 [Course#] EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY Final Examination (35 points): The final examination will cover material presented in class and the assigned readings since the midterm. In other words, the final is not comprehensive. It will consist of multiple choice questions and two topical essay questions. Academic Honesty By enrolling in this course, each student’s academic work and behavior will be held to the highest standards of honesty. Cheating on exams and quizzes, submitting another person’s work as your own, fabrication, plagiarism, and helping others to commit these acts are all forms of academic dishonesty. All written work must be composed in a student’s own words. The ideas of others must be properly cited; no more than five words copied directly from another source without proper reference will be regarded as plagiarism. Academic dishonesty is punishable by grade reduction, course failure, and / or being brought up before Ewha University’s Committee on Academic Misconduct. If you have questions about citing sources, please contact me, or consult an online writing guide: APA: http://apastyle.apa.org/ MLA: http://www.mla.org/style Chicago: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html Grading Requirements Participation & Discussion Short Assignments Out-of-class Event Mid-term and Final Exam Total Points 20 20 5 20 / 35 100 Late assignments: Late assignments will be penalized with a 10% grade deduction for each day late unless you have made prior arrangements with me. Deadlines will be defined as 11:59 p.m. Korea Standard Time (UTC+9). Make-up Policy: The mid-term and final examinations can NOT be made up, except under rare circumstances. I am very strict about this policy and make-up examinations will be much more difficult. Points and Grades Syllabus 100-95 A 82-80 B- 69-67 D+ 94-90 A- 79-77 C+ 66-63 D 89-87 B+ 76-73 C 62-60 D- 86-83 B 72-70 C- 59 or < F Page 7 [Course#] EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY WHAT YOUR WEEKLY SCHEDULE SHOULD LOOK LIKE: 1. Read the ASSIGNED READINGS FOR THE WEEK— It will probably take you guys several days to complete all the readings, so start early! 2. Watch the video lecture & go over the PPT (power point) slides (1 lecture a week) 3. Go to FORUM (message board): You will have to provide a response for each assigned video clip, short article, or a set of questions I post (1 response a week). 4. Visit the FORUM during the week and read the posts by your fellow classmates. See what kinds of questions they raise. I will also chime in if someone raises an interesting post. 5. Submit your 2-page WEEKLY RESPONSE at the end of the week (Sunday evening). All assignments MUST be submitted to your DROPBOX. Course Schedule Wee k# Topics 1 Introduction: Overview of the Course, Expectations, and Theoretical Concerns 2 Premodern Korea To Read & Watch English Trips the Tongue http://articles.latimes.com/print/2002/mar/31/news/mn-35590 CNN: Asian plastic surgery http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GdNnBCaocI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VETyTXT8zcc Korean Children Under 'Growing' Pressure http://abcnews.go.com/International/korean-children-pressured-grow-tall/story?id=9074703#.T1M http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/world/asia/23seoul.html Some Korean Women Are Taking Great Strides to Show a Little Leg http://www.tomcoyner.com/some_korean_women_are_taking_gre.htm If you were me (Documentary, Part 1-3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mqjC3Z_Qnc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYHTAqVnJkQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a7okfiQfuI EBS Korea: 2 Foreigners in Korea (Eng Sub) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ave6yOWKlj4&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rjkoehler.com% Hines Ward Biracial Outside the Lines Report http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs8AqkYGF8w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypIjzJczj2M&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzjeYF8lMx0 Yoo, The Politics of Gender (Introduction) Cumings, Korea’s Place (hereafter KP): Preface China-Korea Culture Wars and National Myths: TV Dramas as Battleground http://japanfocus.org/-Robert_Y_-Eng/3503 PPT (Powerpoint Articles): “BOOKING CLUBS—Nice Girl? Just Drag her over here!”“SOJU,” “SANG’CHU,”“C for Caesarian” Hesung Chun Koh, “Women’s Roles and Achievements in the Yi Dynasty” Martina Deuchler, “The Tradition: Women during the Yi Dynasty” Martina Deuchler, “Propagating Female Virtues in Chosŏn Korea” Syllabus Page 8 [Course#] EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY Wee k# 3 Topics The Kingdom of Chosŏn To Read & Watch Cumings, KP (Chapter 1) Yoo, The Politics of Gender (Chapter 1) Sourcebook of Korean Civilizations. “Inheritance Practices,” and “Social Life” Huston http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/AroundTheWorld/story?id=6819411&page=1#.TxTvQ_n3PCY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3IYIlvGpAQ&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HuRTrWcrzY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHwvHjlvTlU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os6Oq3Ly9oA&feature=related Smolan http://www.ted.com/talks/rick_smolan_tells_the_story_of_a_girl.html Dawson http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/01/sportsline/main2526674.shtml http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2526508n Cumings, KP (Chapter 2) Sourcebook of Korean Civilizations. “The Tonghak Uprisings and the Kabo Reforms” 4 Seeds of Discontentment in Late Chosŏn 5 Collapse of the East Asian Order 6 7 Syllabus Western Missionaries Japanese Colonialism The Opium Wars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIhfGtH3am8 Cumings, KP (Chapter 3) Donald Clark, “Western Women in the Land of the Morning Calm” http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/01/international/asia/01missionaries.html Heroes in their adopted country http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2915567 Don't Cry for me Sudan Part 1/울지마톤즈 영어자막 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34_No6iVIgg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL4a5FkX6TQ&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i30Xsbi5vYA&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--hnhSNAkLM&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqZX2Xe0MTw&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lptmWIbbQY&feature=relmfu Cumings, KP (Chapter 3) Hildi Kang. Under the Black Umbrella (Yi Sangdo, Kang Sang’uk, Chŏng Chaesu, Yi Okpun, Pak The Politics of Walking http://articles.latimes.com/2009/sep/21/world/fg-korea-walkers21 Page 9 [Course#] EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY Wee k# Topics To Read & Watch 8 MIDTERM EXAMINATIO N Details of the exam & due date will be posted online. 9 Colonial Modernity 10 Women and Colonialism 11 The Woman Working Women Yoo, The Politics of Gender (Chapter 2) New and Class Yoo, The Politics of Gender (Chapter 5) Yoo, “The Life Story of Ch’oe Yǒng-suk and the Politics of Gender and Identity in Colonial Korea Kim Tongin. “Potato” Yoo, The Politics of Gender (Chapters 3-4) Cumings, KP (Chapter 4) 12 Total War Japan’s ‘Comfort Women’: It's time for the truth (in the ordinary, everyday sense of the word) http://www.japanfocus.org/-Tessa-Morris_Suzuki/2373 Yoo, The Politics of Gender (conclusion) Cumings, KP (Chapter 5) GOMER PYLE , U.S.M.C. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ibFMUP9ZI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvLYkKYyDXk Kill Them All http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pws_qyQnCcU 13 The Korean Civil War Korean War - PART 3, Yeosu - Sunchon Rebellion (1948-1949) 6.25 전쟁 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4P4dHqVJLs THE CRIME OF KOREA (1950, US Propaganda) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbj4mpDye8o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7dxLyjIkqk&feature=relmfu TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE’S REPORT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Rd0uQelTo&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F rified=1 Syllabus Page 10 [Course#] EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY Wee k# Topics To Read & Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9ga4NnT7mw&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2 Cumings, KP (Chapters 6-7) Pak Wansŏ, "Mother’s Hitching Post” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-5YJ62E1NI&feature=related 14 Postwar South Korea: Rapid Industrialization & the Minjung Movement “Our Hearts Cry with You…” & “Emergency Decree #9” A SINGLE SPARK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7hQyd5bxFQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnenxYX6b3U&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MafgsftSGIw&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bcdkuTvMOc&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0PdM43tU9E&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf33dYSIOvg&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyXKlP4lMs8&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWNMQyFMQ-Y&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGsnfy7j0tU&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8nTK1f2MaE&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgV5dd3A_k4&feature=relmfu Cumings, KP (Chapter 8) 15 DPRK 16 FINAL EXAMINATIO N http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhHCxlFXXdE Korea United FC http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/story/_/id/7661034/fc-basel-korean-contingent-form-bond-their-n Details of the exam and due date will be posted online. Syllabus The Dynamic Development of Korean Democracy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUbuykLagps Page 11 [Course#]